Life experiences using ICT as a STEM student
MY LIFE EXPERIENCE LEARNING AND USING ICT IN MY JOURNEY AS A STEM STUDENT
As a STEM student, learning ICT, or Information and Communications Technology became an integral part of my studies. Because of its advantages and flexibility, it has become very convenient for me to have a better learning experience, and I know it is the same for my peers or other learners.
For me, ICT is essential to my studies because it helps me convey and deliver information without worrying about some factors such as the distance, the cost of transportation, the time it would consume, and many other challenges in delivering and obtaining information way back when ICT hadn't been introduced to the world. Communications have also become easy and effortless; unlike in the past, when people needed to travel thousands of miles to communicate, in the present, where people are already introduced and are now using ICT, it takes just seconds to do so. With the help of ICT, students can now easily communicate with people they know and trust or even with other people to ask a certain question related to their studies. For example, if I have difficulties doing my school requirements or schoolwork, I can use the different platforms to ask for help, whether from people I personally know or from other internet users across the world: I can ask my family, friends, teachers, classmates, and peers about a certain topic or concept that I had a hard time understanding, or I can just look for educational videos and materials such as tutorials, modules, etc. to ease my hunger for new knowledge. Additionally, through the various features it offers, it helps users in different fields do their work better and more satisfactorily, just like the learners who can use the knowledge they gain from ICT to use technology and the internet more appropriately and responsibly. My experience in learning and using ICT in my studies is crucial and very helpful to my journey as a STEM learner. Using Information and Communication Technology helps me manage my own studies, which involve developing my own learning styles; allows me to work collaboratively with my other classmates and peers without the need for their presence; think critically and creatively, to solve various interpersonal as well as intrapersonal real-world issues and to create distinctive and superior-quality bodies of work; engages me in ethical decision-making to make the best decision I can come up with; and most importantly, learning ICT helps me to adopt global perspectives towards issues and ideas that improve my mindset to make a better view of the world.
Undoubtedly, my life experience using ICT as part of my journey as a STEM student is advantageous and will be very helpful in the following days and years of my life. And I know for sure that even if I am not a student anymore, the knowledge I gained from this course will be a great help. My experience in learning and using this ICT involves my realization that it doesn't just teach us how technology or the internet works and how it is significant to education, but also allows us to go beyond our limits and set our goals to another level of satisfaction.